Warming up for a play, or anything with acting, is good. Your body needs to wake up and stretch, and you need to get your voice to its full potential. Below will be several methods, all good to warm up with. Here's how!

Steps

Method1

Your Head and Face

1

Roll your head from one side to the other side. About five times should do.

2

Yawn. Yawning opens your throat to help you get ready to talk or sing

3

Make your face as big as it can go, and hold it for about one second. Then, scrunch up your face to a pouting face, like you just ate a lemon.

4

Form your mouth into the shape of an "O" as big as you can. This stretches out your face muscles.

Method2

Inner Self

1

Breathe. Breathing is the simplest and most effective warm-up. Plant your feet firmly on the ground, and squarely beneath your shoulders. Breath in through your nose and count to three. Now exhale through your mouth and count to three. Keep doing this until you feel completely relaxed.

If you're going to be on a stage, you should practice projecting. Breath in, and make sure your shoulders don't go up. Then talk as loud as you can without screaming. It might help by putting your hand near your stomach, and feeling what's happening. You might notice that only your stomach's going out. That's good, it means you're using your diaphragm.

2

Meditate. It might seem funny, but it's good to clear your thoughts.

Method3

Vocal Warm-ups

1

Some twisters, with a lot of the same letter is the best.Hit Your Consonants. That means make every single letter heard.

She sells Seashells by the seashore.

I thought a thought, but the thought I thought, was not the thought, I thought I thought.

Betty bought a bit ofbetter 'butter.

2

Do some vowel pushes. Put your hand on your diaphragm, and start with "ho". Say "ho", and make it loud, and irritating. Then say, "hi", "hey", then "he". Do each about ten times or more.

Method4

More Useful Warm-ups

1

Shake your entire body out. Get loosened up, excited, and ready for acting. You can also try tensing up every muscle in your body for 15 seconds. Don't forget your eyes, jaws, or toes. Then stop- this should leave you relaxed.

2

Stretch your arms. Put your arms up, and stretch them as high as they will go. Like you're reaching for something, and you've almost got it.

3

Ragdoll. Go as low as you can, and try to touch your toes. Remain in that position for about five seconds.

4

A fun little acting game. How you play, is to get you, and at least five other people, and sit in a circle. Now, you pick a player to start, the first player says three things. Two real, and one fake. Once they state their answers, the troupe is to guess which fact is the fake one. Then, you move on to the next player, and he does the same thing, and so on.

The trick is to act like all three are true, and have them get "stumped".